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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Baku Aug. 8.

The presidents made speeches during the meeting.

Welcoming Putin and other guests, President Aliyev said this is the third visit of Russian president to Azerbaijan in the last three years and this itself shows the high level of relations between the two countries.

“I also often visit Russia. We have recently met in St. Petersburg in June. Frequent meetings naturally give a new momentum to development of our relations which have long ago reached the strategic partnership level and cover almost all spheres of our life,” said the president.

“We actively cooperate on international platforms. The political dialogue, the economic relations are strengthening. There are good results in the transportation and energy spheres and the humanitarian cooperation is developing,” added Azerbaijan’s president.

President Aliyev pointed out that in September, Baku will host the next humanitarian forum, which is held under the auspices of Russia and Azerbaijan.

“All this creates new preconditions for the development of our relations,” he added.

President Aliyev also pointed to Russia’s role in the process of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“We value this role. Your personal participation plays an important role in making progress in the settlement process,” President Aliyev said addressing his Russian counterpart.

“The meeting in St. Petersburg in June was primarily dedicated to this issue and I express my gratitude to you for your personal active participation in this process,” added President Aliyev.

The president reminded that the first trilateral meeting with his Iranian and Russian counterparts will be held today in Baku.

“This is a new format. It is a promising format and has potential within the bilateral cooperation,” he added. “Important issues of the regional cooperation will be discussed today. I believe that this will contribute both to the economic development of our countries and strengthening the security system in our region.”

President Aliyev once again welcomed his Russian counterpart.

Putin in turn touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“You mentioned Karabakh. This is really a problem that we got from our Soviet past. I know how acute this issue is for both Azerbaijan and Armenia,” he said.

“We will do everything possible so that Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a compromise acceptable for both sides, so that the two countries’ peoples win from this, and so that both countries feel that they have resolved this difficult issue in the interests of current and future generations,” he noted.

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